Apparent renal cell carcinomas in tuberous sclerosis are heterogeneous: The identification of malignant epithelioid angiomyolipoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 180-187

  Pea, Maurizio ^a   Bonetti, Franco ^a,d   Martignoni, Guido ^a   Henske, Elizabeth Petri ^b   Manfrin, Erminia ^a   Colato, Chiara ^a   Bernstein, Jay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; HMB45; Immunohistochemistry; Kidney tumors; Renal cell carcinoma; Renal sarcomas; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY SARCOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; NEPHRECTOMY; ONCOCYTOMA; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0031915907     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199802000-00005     Document Type: Article

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